"24 Hours in Cyberspace" exhibit grand opening to feature Enhanced CU-SeeMe - Vice President Al Gore expected to attend.NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 1997--White Pine Software (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : WPNE), a provider of network connectivity software, will be featuring its new Enhanced CU-SeeMe videoconferencing software during the grand opening of the 24 Hours in Cyberspace exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History The National Museum of American History is a museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution and located in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall. It opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology and adopted its current name in 1980. . 24 Hours in Cyberspace, a photography exhibition illustrating the global impact of the Internet on people's lives will open at the Smithsonian on January 23, in Washington D.C. Enhanced CU-SeeMe will be used so that various individuals featured in the exhibit will be able to attend the event from around the world 'virtually.' In addition, the 24 Hours in Cyberspace Web site, representing the largest Internet event to date, will be inducted into the museum's permanent collections in a ceremony during the exhibit launch event, making it available to future historians. The exhibition will run through April. Brian Lichorowic, Vice President of Marketing at White Pine, states, "The photographers that participated in 24 Hours in Cyberspace focused their lenses on the human face of cyberspace. It is so fitting that Enhanced CU-SeeMe is being used to bring people together for this exciting event." He continues, "We are proud to have donated the software for this grand opening, and we are pleased both Philips and NTTI NTTI National Tanning Training Institute participated by providing cameras to various participants worldwide. It will be exciting to have individuals from as far away as Japan and Australia participate in the event." These talented photographers visually captured students in South Africa's Nelson Mandela Noun 1. Nelson Mandela - South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918) Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela township who use donated PC's to communicate with the outside world; Zapatista rebels who rely on the Internet to bring world attention to their cause; a Texas sanctuary which was created to save eight chimpanzees slated for medical testing courtesy of wired animal lovers worldwide; and a father in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. who publishes Will's Page, an electronic journal of his four-year-old son's battle with leukemia. The exhibit will be complemented by interactive kiosks featuring the 24 Hours in Cyberspace Web site, and on the night of the event, Enhanced CU-SeeMe will be available for conferencing with the subjects in the photographs. "We tried to create a historical document that captures the early stages of this new and revolutionary form of communication," commented project director Smolan. "It is as if 150 award-winning photojournalists The is a list of notable photojournalists from throughout history:
About 24 Hours in Cyberspace 24 Hours in Cyberspace involved the talents of over 150 top photojournalists who fanned out across the globe on February 8, 1996 to document how the Internet is affecting people's lives. Produced by Rick Smolan A former TIME, LIFE and National Geographic photographer, Rick Smolan has spent two decades finding ways to place himself and his projects directly in the path of the converging worlds of photography, design, publishing, and technology. , creator of the Day in the Life photography books, the 24 Hours in Cyberspace photography exhibition contains compelling photographs that present an intimate and emotional portrait of the people whose lives have been dramatically affected by the online revolution. 24 Hours in Cyberspace was produced by Against All Odds Productions, founded by photojournalist Rick Smolan and Day in the Life project director Jennifer Erwitt. Smolan created the Day in the Life book series in 1981. Most recently, Against All Odds produced the award-winning CD-ROMs From Alice to Ocean and Passage to Vietnam. Passage to Vietnam was the recent recipient of a CODIE Award for best multimedia title of 1995. The 24 Hours in Cyberspace book and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). is published by Que (R), an imprint of Macmillan Computer Publishing. For more information on the event, please visit http://www.cyber24.com . About White Pine Software, Inc. White Pine develops, markets and supports multiplatform desktop connectivity software that facilitates worldwide video and audio communication and data collaboration See data conferencing. across the Internet, Intranets and other networks that use the Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. . White Pine's videoconferencing software products, Enhanced CU-SeeMe (TM) and the White Pine Reflector reflector: see telescope. , create a client-server solution that allows users to participate in real-time, multipoint video and data conferences over the Internet and Intranets. White Pine also offers its eXodus (TM) line of desktop X Windows See X Window. software, which enables seamless interoperability between local and remote access environments, and its 5PM (TM) line of terminal emulation Using software in a desktop machine to make it perform like a hardware terminal. The emulated terminal is typically in the VT100-500 family, designed originally by Digital Equipment. software, which provides desktop access to data and applications residing on enterprise legacy systems. WebTerm Toolbox (TM) is a new suite of products geared to providing Advanced Intranet Solutions to corporations, educational organizations and government agencies. WebTerm Toolbox allows users to access host applications from within their browser on a Windows PC An x86-based computer that runs some version of Windows. See x86 and Windows. or Macintosh. Additional information is available on the Web at http://www.wpine.com , or via e-mail at info@wpine.com or by calling (603)886-9050. All trademarks recognized. CONTACT: White Pine Software Tracy Specht Director of Corporate Communications 603-886-9050 x333 tspecht@wpine.com or Against All Odds Projections Gina Privitere PR Director 800-436-8399 gingin9@aol.com |
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